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there has been a corresponding increase in the amount of conservative
work which would seem to point to the fact that mothers now are realising
more and more fully the advantage of this latter method of dental
treatment. That there is a gratifying appreciation on the part of the
parents attending the centre of benefits to health through careful
attention to the state of the teeth, and to the necessity of having cases
of decay treated as early as possible, is also evidenced by the increasing
attendance of patients for subsequent attention after the first operation,
there being an increase of nearly 300 under this head.
"The additional number of sessions granted by the Council for next
year will also enable me to give more detailed attention to individual
cases, and I feel certain that these extra sessions will be fully justified by
the better results obtained by the treatment.
"I would again express my appreciation of the able assistance given
me in my work by the other members of the staff associated with me in
this work."
New Cases 257
Subsequent attendances 1,414
Teeth extracted 1,107
Teeth filled 222
Other dental operations 1,174
Anaesthetics administered:—
Local 25
General 255
Dentures supplied 15
Number of sessions 95

Patients contributed £19 17s. 6d. in small sums according to their
means.